Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.

    Standhaftigkeit, Standfestigkeit, Unentwegtheit

    усто́йчивостьustójčivostʹ

    loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty

  2. (countable, uncountable)A steadfast resolution.

    steadfast resolution

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
loyalty in the face of trouble:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
loyalty in the face of trouble:

Origin

From Middle English stedfastnesse, stedefastnesse, from Old English stedefæstnes (“steadfa

From Middle English stedfastnesse, stedefastnesse, from Old English stedefæstnes (“steadfastness”), equivalent to steadfast + -ness.

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Forms

plural: steadfastnesses
Singularsteadfastness
Pluralsteadfastnesses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty:staunchness

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsteadfast

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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